Small businesses and self-employment

In the aftermath of the global recession, job creation is a policy priority.

As mass global and social media communications spread across the globe, we are seeing a need for a change in the way we approach issues of political and economic development.

As mass global and social media communications spread across the globe, we are seeing a need for a change in the way we approach issues of political and economic development.

Examines regulatory and other strategies for improving chemical risk management in small enterprises in the European Union.

Examines regulatory and other strategies for improving chemical risk management in small enterprises in the European Union.

This book is a look into the world of the small business owner through their eyes - how the five different "e;tribes"e; of business perceive the world around them, how they run their businesses, their motivations and goals.

This book is a look into the world of the small business owner through their eyes - how the five different "e;tribes"e; of business perceive the world around them, how they run their businesses, their motivations and goals.

This edited book focuses on the organization and meaning of craft work in contemporary society.

This edited book focuses on the organization and meaning of craft work in contemporary society.

Post-Capitalist Entrepreneurship: Startups for the 99% details the implications of the post-capitalist society on entrepreneurship around the globe, and it challenges many of our underlying assumptions about how entrepreneurs form startups and the objectives and roles, or lack thereof, of startup investors in a post-capitalist society.

Post-Capitalist Entrepreneurship: Startups for the 99% details the implications of the post-capitalist society on entrepreneurship around the globe, and it challenges many of our underlying assumptions about how entrepreneurs form startups and the objectives and roles, or lack thereof, of startup investors in a post-capitalist society.

This title was first published in 2000: The Asian financial crisis and its aftermath provide a crucible in which Chinese diaspora capitalism has been tested, and a prism through which its strengths and weaknesses may be seen in a different light.

This title was first published in 2000: The Asian financial crisis and its aftermath provide a crucible in which Chinese diaspora capitalism has been tested, and a prism through which its strengths and weaknesses may be seen in a different light.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 2000: Since 1998, there have been many diagnoses, studies and theories attempting to explain the East Asian economic crisis and the impact on major economic and financial sectors.

This title was first published in 2000: Since 1998, there have been many diagnoses, studies and theories attempting to explain the East Asian economic crisis and the impact on major economic and financial sectors.

This title was first published in 2000: This text presents a study of collective learning, networking and high-technology regions in Europe.

What goes on in a small firm that lives or dies by its capacity to innovate?

What goes on in a small firm that lives or dies by its capacity to innovate?

In this fascinating study, Neri Karra examines entrepreneurial family businesses in emerging markets by integrating three schools of thought: agency theory, an institutional framework, and the altruism perspective.

In this fascinating study, Neri Karra examines entrepreneurial family businesses in emerging markets by integrating three schools of thought: agency theory, an institutional framework, and the altruism perspective.

Political and financial upheaval is not a new phenomenon - from the tulip bulb bubble in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century to Black Monday in 1987, businesses throughout history have worked to adapt and cope.

Political and financial upheaval is not a new phenomenon - from the tulip bulb bubble in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century to Black Monday in 1987, businesses throughout history have worked to adapt and cope.

Safety is an important aspect of everyday business operations.

Whether you're a small or mid-size organization, managing operations can be challenging.

More than one billion people still live below the poverty line - most of them in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

More than one billion people still live below the poverty line - most of them in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Managing People in Small and Medium Enterprises in Turbulent Contexts explores a range of human resource management (HRM) issues specific to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Managing People in Small and Medium Enterprises in Turbulent Contexts explores a range of human resource management (HRM) issues specific to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Following the 2008 global financial crisis, entrepreneurship has never been more vital.

Following the 2008 global financial crisis, entrepreneurship has never been more vital.

Leading Issues in Black Political Economy brings together the foremost experts on issues ranging from employment, training, and education of African Americans.

Leading Issues in Black Political Economy brings together the foremost experts on issues ranging from employment, training, and education of African Americans.

The change from old to new technologies has fundamentally changed the relationship between the consumer and the firm.

The change from old to new technologies has fundamentally changed the relationship between the consumer and the firm.

The idea of Self and the authenticity of particular identities have been rapidly dissolving in the acids of post-modern globalising capitalism.

The idea of Self and the authenticity of particular identities have been rapidly dissolving in the acids of post-modern globalising capitalism.

What is the role of culture in the innovation dynamic of small firms within the context of their territorial environments?

This is the book you will need if you are considering setting up your own business.

This is the book you will need if you are considering setting up your own business.

Now in its fifth edition, Understanding Enterprise has established itself as one of the most widely respected guides to the discipline, providing a refreshingly perceptive approach to understanding and applying theory.

Start-Up is ideal for anyone looking to start a business whether you are a student or a professional preparing to launch your own business or social enterprise.

This book explores the history of private internal trade in the USSR during the NEP of the 1920s.

Micro-econometric analyses cover a wide range of new innovation 'input' and 'output' indicators.

Most of the schemes to assist the unemployed to set-up in business for themselves require applicants to contribute towards the start-up capital.

Written for the business manager of middle or senior rank who is contemplating a career move from corporate to self-employment this book describes how to set up a consultancy practice with little financial outlay and take advantage of a growth market.

The USM was launched in November 1980 in order to provide a regulated market for the shares of smaller, less mature companies which do not wish to apply for a full listing and this book provides information on such companies, including financial profiles, ratio tables and graphs.

A study of the impact of business on legal practice exploring the attitudes and aspirations of lawyers and linking the findings to questions of the effective management of legal services.

The odds of getting a video onto YouTube's front page are 1-in-2,000,0000, but Tim Staples, founder and CEO of Shareability, knows how to make the algorithms of Youtube, Google, Facebook and Instagram work for you and he has the results to prove it, with a thriving business that has gotten their videos onto YouTube's front page an amazing 25 times.